Screen for windows and screen doors



July 10, 1923. 1,461,500

H. B. SHIPPEE SCREEN FOR WINDQWS AND SCREEN DOORS Filed Jan. 31. 1922Patented July 19, 1923.

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SCREEN FOR WINDOWS AND SCREEN DOORS.

Application filed January 31, 1922. Serial No; 533,053.

ToaZZ whom it mag ,concem: 7

Be it known that I, HARTWELL l3. SHIP- Pm, a citizen. of the UnitedStates, residing at Killingly, in the countyofWindham and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inScreens for Windows and Screen Doors, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to screens for windows, door screens,piazza'screens, interior screens, and in screens for any purpose whereWire, cloth or other flexible material is to be fastened to a frame, andthe object of the invention is the provision ofsimple and efiicientmeans for holding the wire cloth or Wire mesh securely upon the frame.

With this and other objects in view, my invention comprises certainnovel combinations, constructions and arrangements of parts as will behereinafter described, illus-' trated in the accompanying drawings, andmore particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is'a perspective view of a window screen constructed inaccordance with my invention, showing partly a portion of the molding insection.

Figure 2 is a sectional view, taken on line 22, Fig. 1, and looking inthe direction of the arrows.

F1gure 3 1s a fragmentary, perspective view of the frame.

Figure 4 1s a fragmentary, perspective view of another embodlment of theframe,

which type or style of frame may be used.

if so desired instead of the slight modification as shown in Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, l

designates a frame in which is formed a channel or groove 2 whichextends entirely around the frame. The inner edge 8 is lowerthan theouter edge 4 (Fig. 3) on the edge 3, the wire cloth or mesh 5 rests; thethickness of the wire mesh isequivalent to the difference in the heightof the outer edge 4 above the inner edge 3.. In other words, I haveproduced a window-screen or doorscreenframe having a groove extendingentirely around the same with the inner edge of the frame contiguous tothe groove lower than the outer edge of the frame at the groove for thepurpose hereinafter described.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 4t, the

structure of the channel or groove 2'is the same as shown in Fig. 3,except in. this embodiment I eliminated the formation of the inner edge3, by making (in'Fig, 4) the edge 3 on the same horizontal plane withthe edge 4; the operator or the constructor can utilize either method,as he prefers, un:

der the scope of the appended claims."

Theouter wall 6, of groove 2, is straight, whereas, the inner wall 7, ofthe groove," is rounded'or bevelled decidedly to, permit the wire meshto be drawn or readily depressed into the groove 2 by the rounded tongue8 of the molding 9.

The assembling of the frame, wire mesh and molding is accomplished byfirst laying the wire cloth or wire mesh on the frame, then fasteningtwo contiguous pieces of the molding upon the wire mesh, as shown inFig. 1, then to tighten the wire mesh upon the frame, I place the thirdpiece of molding over a portion of the groove 2, with the wire meshresting under the molding, then I force the tongue 8 of the molding intothe groove causing a slight'drawing action on the wire mesh down intothe groove over the inner edge 3, over the rounded wall 7, and then Iuse ordinary nails or tacks to permanently fasten the molding upon theframe; in the same manner Iapply or fasten the remaining or fourth pieceof molding upon the frame.

It is to be noted, upon referring to Figs. 2 and 3, that the wire mesh 5rests against the inner edge 3 of the frame and'is equivalent to thedifference in the height of the inner edge 3 and the outer edge 4., sothat the faces 10 of the molding 9 will rest even against the frame andwire mesh, resulting in a neat appearance.

While I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention, andhave illustrated the same in the accompanying draw-.

'ings, certain minor changes or alterations may appear to one skilled inthe artto which this invention relates, during the extensive manufactureof the same and I, therefore, reserve the right to make such alterationsor changes as shall fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a framehaving a cofitinuous groove extending entirely therearoundin one facethereof, said groove being comparatively deep and narrow and j I i h Ill 'fl-llia b ti 1 6-511,? the iouter wall'being straight and paralleltothe outer :"p i fpqsfls et 'forth. j I a: devfige of the characteroles gribed,

edge of'said frame, the inner wallextending [at an, acute. angle.togtheginnert edge "of said frame and having "beveled corners, a: Wiremesh fitting upon said frame a'nd extending ,1 into said gr00ve,' amgulding having, a cQmparatively broad head entirely covering said glxoy n tl, h v ng a qmpar i y 1 o g rplli dfii tonggmfitting Within saidgroove fQn' hQ-ldifig Said mesh in position Without d zthg ex of1iiljrix-ry thereto, as and for the the Cpipbi hatipn of a, f i gm ehaving a c011 tin'uo us ,grgqve' extendlng entirely therein "gQQpa-r'etively deep" nd" arr w ,and

" ha vl ngx winner andjoutr all, the. outer Waubeing. gtralightehdpamlll Q the. outer edge 59f said. fi'an 1e, the inner Wallextendbeing of less; height than the outer Wall, a

wire mesh fitting u o said frame and exa mouldmg fitting Within saidgrpoyefol fholding said threby bindin themeulclirigfjppqn the m'eshat'. this, pqint endwtlsg cgiiisjiri'g the wn ue o wedgmqr firmly with'i. k

groove, as'janld fdr the "purposes set to;

signature. M 'HARTWELLB; SHIPPEE;

